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(43) Date of publication: 14.12.2016 Bulletin 2016/50 (21) Application number: 15705173.1 (22) Date of filing: 05.02.2015

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C12Q 1/68(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2015/014661 (87) International publication number: WO 2015/120177 (13.08.2015 Gazette 2015/32)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME (30) Priority: 07.02.2014 US 201461936973 P (71) Applicant: Qiagen Sciences, LLC Germantown, MD 20874 (US)	(72) Inventor: SATYA, Ravi Vijaya Montgomery Village, Maryland 20886 (US) (74) Representative: Banse & Steglich  Patentanwaltskanzlei Herzog-Heinrich-Straße 23 80336 München 80336 München (DE)